Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight
under the direction of Wilbur and Orville them selves The Wright brothers believed that photogra phy was a good way to keep a scientific and historical record of their invention These photographs used glass plate negatives and many of the negatives have been damaged or broken over the 100 or so years they've been moved handled and stored Some of the negatives were even underwater for several days during Dayton Ohio’s disastrous 1913
T I M E L IN E 1776 U S Declaration of Independence 1783 First free balloon flight 1799 Cayley discovers principles of flight 1828 Milton Wright born 1831 Susan Koerner born 1853 First successful fixed wing glider flight 1865 American Civil War ends 1867 Wilbur Wright born 1871 Orville Wright born Pénaud flies planophore Wenham invents the wind tunnel 1874 Katharine Wright born 1878 Milton Wright brings his sons a toy heli copter 1886 Wilbur seriously injured in accident 1889 Susan Koerner Wright dies
Wilbur and Orville start printing business 1892 The Wright Cycle Company formed 1893 Dunbar recites poetry at World's Fair 1894 Chanute's Progress in Flying Machines pub lished 1896 Lilienthal dies in gliding accident Chanute tests gliders in Indiana Wilbur writes to the Smithsonian Wilbur and Orville discover wing warping 1899 1900 Wilbur and Orville test first glider at Kitty Hawk 1901 Wilbur and Orville test second glider at Kitty Hawk Brothers test Lilienthal's tables 1902 Wilbur and Orville test third glider at Kitty Hawk 1903 Langley’s Great Aerodrome twice fails to fly Wright brothers fly the world's first airplane 1904 Wright brothers move testing to Huffman Prairie 1905 World's first practical airplane the Wright Flyer III built 1906 Wright brothers are granted a patent for wing warping Santos Dumont flies the first airplane in Europe
1908 Wilbur flies in Europe Orville flies for the U S Army and is injured in a crash Curtiss makes first public airplane flight in the U S Ford Model T automobile introduced 1909 Wright Airplane Company formed Bleriot is first to fly across the English Chan nel Wilbur and Orville welcomed home as heroes 1910 Wilbur and Orville make only flight together 1912 Wilbur Wright dies 1914 World War I breaks out in Europe 1917 Bishop Milton Wright dies 1918 First regular airmail service started by U S Army 1920 U S women granted right to vote 1924 First round the world flight 1927 Lindbergh makes first solo transatlantic flight
